Fossilized skin from a juvenile Diplodocus discovered at Montana's Mother's Day Quarry preserved melanosomes revealing that its scales had conspicuous patterns rather than being uniformly gray or brown.
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- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/12/12/251232/364075/Fossilized-melanosomes-reveal-colour-patterning-of (royalsocietypublishing.org)
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